Shake-a-Phrase is a fun application to help students learn, practice, and review some main parts of speech. It can be used in a variety of ways; there are three main modes: Shake It, Story Starter, and Quiz Me. The Shake It mode generates humorous sentences randomly, and students can tap on words for definitions. Two examples of ways this could be used are for reading aloud with a partner or small team and identifying parts of speech and as a whole class with whiteboards to write parts of speech the teacher calls out. The Story Starter mode is similar, and could probably be utilized in the same way as the latter; however, it is intended to provide creative ideas to spark student writing. There is also a Quiz Me mode that can be customized to focus on nouns, verbs, and adjectives or any combination of them. In addition, students can choose from a variety of themes and whether or not to have sound effects.
Assignment 3 Application Presentation
Shake-a-Phrase is a fun application to help students learn, practice, and review some main parts of speech. It can be used in a variety of ways; there are three main modes: Shake It, Story Starter, and Quiz Me. The Shake It mode generates humorous sentences randomly, and students can tap on words for definitions. Two examples of ways this could be used are for reading aloud with a partner or small team and identifying parts of speech and as a whole class with whiteboards to write parts of speech the teacher calls out. The Story Starter mode is similar, and could probably be utilized in the same way as the latter; however, it is intended to provide creative ideas to spark student writing. There is also a Quiz Me mode that can be customized to focus on nouns, verbs, and adjectives or any combination of them. In addition, students can choose from a variety of themes and whether or not to have sound effects.